Bengals second-year operating again Joe Mixon will want arthroscopic surgical procedure with the intention to clear up a knee harm sustained in Cincinnati’s 34-23 win over Baltimore on Thursday.

Preliminary stories said Mixon will get a second opinion earlier than contemplating the surgical procedure that might hold him out of till Week 3.

The #Bengals concern RB Joe Mixon will want arthroscopic surgical procedure to scrub up the knee he injured in final evening’s win over the #Ravens and miss a while, sources inform @MikeGarafolo and me. He’ll get a second opinion first.

Mixon was in seen ache on the sidelines as he made a number of returns out and in of the sport. He left within the first half and briefly returned within the second. Mixon completed with 24 carries for 81 and was key to a drive within the fourth quarter that helped arrange a area purpose that cemented the Bengals’ lead.

“I needed to discuss myself to going again in,” Mixon mentioned, through the workforce’s web site. “It’s psychological toughness. It was actual onerous … It felt bizarre. The knee was hurting. The psychological aspect of it’s you at all times need to play 100 p.c. When it’s bothering you, it’s onerous mentally. I simply needed to test again in mentally and robust it out bodily.”

The previous Oklahoma again was chosen within the second spherical of the 2017 draft and recorded 626 yards and 4 touchdowns on 178 carries his rookie yr with the Bengals.

If Mixon does bear surgical procedure and is pressured to overlook the following couple of weeks, Giovani Bernard is more likely to begin in his place with both Tra Carson or rookie Mark Walton taking part in backup.